Creating cloud projects for the blueprint designer

A cloud project for the blueprint designer represents a tenant or project on a cloud system. You can give users access to cloud systems through cloud projects.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. Log in to the blueprint designer as a user with the following System permissions:
    • Configure Security
    • Manage Users & Groups
  2. Click Settings > Clouds.
  3. Select the cloud connection to use.
  4. On the Authorization tab, click Add Project.
  5. Specify the following information, depending on the type of cloud:
    Table 1. Properties for OpenStack cloud projects
    Property Description
    Name (Project name from OpenStack) For OpenStack Keystone version 3, specify the OpenStack project name. For Keystone version 2, specify the tenant name. If you use the Keystone server that is provided with the engine, the default value is admin.
    Functional ID Enter the ID of the functional account on the OpenStack system. If you use the Keystone server that is provided with the engine, the default value is admin.
    Password Enter the password for the functional account. If you use the Keystone server that is provided with the engine, the default value is openstack1.
    Domain If your OpenStack identity service uses the Identity API v3, enter the domain that the project is on. If you use the Keystone server that is provided with the engine, the default value is default.
    Identity URL Specify the location of the identity service, such as http://example.com:5000/v2.0 or http://example.com:5000/v3. Do not include a trailing slash.
    Timeout in Mins Specify the amount of time in minutes to wait for a provision request to be completed. If you deploy IBM UrbanCode Deploy components, allow sufficient time for the cloud to provision your instance, the agent to come online, and all processes to run.
    Table 2. Properties for SoftLayer cloud projects
    Property Description
    Name Specify the name of the SoftLayer cloud project.
    Default Orchestration Service Select the orchestration service.
    SoftLayer User ID Enter the account ID for SoftLayer®.
    SoftLayer API Key Enter The API key for SoftLayer.
    Table 3. Properties for Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud projects
    Property Description
    Name Specify the name of the Amazon cloud project.
    Default Orchestration Service Select the orchestration service.
    Amazon Access ID Enter the ID for AWS.
    Amazon Secret Key Enter the password for AWS.
    Table 4. Properties for VMware vCenter cloud projects
    Property Description
    Name Specify the name of the VMware vCenter cloud project.
    Default Orchestration Service Select the orchestration service.
    VMware vCenter User ID Enter the user ID for VMware vCenter.
    VMware vCenter Password Enter the password for VMware vCenter.
    VMware vCenter Host Enter the host name of the VMware vSphere API for vCenter server. This is the host name portion of the property VirtualCenter.VimApiUrl.
    VMware vCenter Port Enter the port of the VMware vSphere API for vCenter server. This is the port portion of the property VirtualCenter.VimApiUrl.
    Table 5. Properties for VMware vRealize Automation Enterprise cloud projects
    Property Description
    Name Specify the name of the VMware vRealize cloud project.
    Default Orchestration Service Select the orchestration service.
    VRA User ID Enter the user ID for VMware vRealize Automation.
    VRA Password Enter the password for VMware vRealize Automation.
    VRA Host Enter the URL that hosts the VMware vRealize Automation server.
    VRA Tenant Name Enter the tenant name from the VMware vRealize Automation server.
    Table 6. Properties for Azure cloud projects
    Property Description
    Name Specify the name of the Azure cloud project.
    Default Orchestration Service Select the orchestration service.
    Azure Subscription ID Enter the subscription ID to use. You can find this information in the Azure web portal or by running the CLI command azure account list.
    Azure Client ID Enter the ID of the application to associate the connection with. You can create a temporary application with the azure ad app create command.
    Azure Client Secret Enter the password of the application. You specified this password when you created the application with the azure ad app create command.
    Azure Tenant ID Enter the tenant ID to use. You can find this information by running the CLI command azure account list.
    Table 7. Properties for Google Cloud Platform cloud projects
    Property Description
    Name Specify the name of the Google Cloud Platform cloud project.
    Default Orchestration Service Select the orchestration service.
    Upload your Google Cloud credentials Upload the file for your Google Cloud service account key that contains your API key credentials. Only JSON key files are supported.
    1. Click Choose File.
    2. Select the JSON key file on your computer, and click Open. The JSON file name is in this format: service_account_name-12_digits_of_its_private_key_id
  6. Optional: If your VMware cloud requires NSX networking types, select the Configure NSX access check box and specify the following information:
    Table 8. Properties for VMWare cloud projects that require NSX access
    Property Description
    NSX User ID Enter the NSX user ID.
    NSX Password Enter the password for the NSX user ID.
    NSX Host Enter the VMWare NSX API host IP address and port number.
  7. Click Test Connection to verify that the connection information is correct.
  8. Click Save.

What to do next

Assign the cloud project to a team:
  1. Click Teams, and then select a team.
  2. Go to the Cloud Authorization tab, and click Add.
  3. Click Save.
Related tasks:
Setting up access to clouds in the blueprint designer
Creating authentication realms for the blueprint designer
Connecting to clouds through the blueprint designer
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